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Mario Bunge was primarily known for his work as a theoretical physicist, with his philosophical writings being a secondary aspect of his career.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge was an Argentine-Canadian philosopher and physicist, known for both his extensive philosophical writings and his academic career. His philosophical contributions were a primary aspect of his work, not secondary.
Mario Bunge was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1919.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge was born on September 21, 1919, in Florida Oeste, a locality within Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mario Bunge's mother was an Argentine physician, and his father was a German nurse.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge's mother was a German nurse, and his father was an Argentine physician and socialist legislator.
Mario Bunge's childhood was described as happy and stimulating, and he received a religious education.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge's childhood was described as happy and stimulating, but he was raised without any religious education.
Mario Bunge had a total of four children from his two marriages.
Answer: True
Mario Bunge had two children with his first wife and two children with his second wife, totaling four children.
Mario Bunge resided in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the majority of his later life after leaving his academic positions there.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge resided in Montreal, Canada, from 1966 until his death, not Buenos Aires.
James Alcock described Mario Bunge as a man who was often indecisive and prone to muddled thinking.
Answer: False
James Alcock described Mario Bunge as a man of exceptionally high confidence, guided by strong principles, and notably impatient with unclear or muddled thinking, which contradicts the statement.
Mario Bunge passed away in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2020.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge passed away in Montreal, Canada, on February 24, 2020.
Which of the following best describes Mario Bunge's primary professional roles?
Answer: A philosopher and physicist
Mario Bunge was an Argentine-Canadian philosopher and theoretical physicist, known for his extensive philosophical writings and academic career.
Where was Mario Bunge born?
Answer: Florida Oeste, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mario Bunge was born on September 21, 1919, in Florida Oeste, a locality within Buenos Aires, Argentina.
What was the profession of Mario Bunge's father, Augusto Bunge?
Answer: An Argentine physician and socialist legislator
Mario Bunge's father, Augusto Bunge, was an Argentine physician and socialist legislator.
How many children did Mario Bunge have in total from his two marriages?
Answer: Four
Mario Bunge had two children with his first wife and two children with his second wife, totaling four children.
In which city did Mario Bunge primarily reside from 1966 until his death?
Answer: Montreal, Canada
Mario Bunge lived with his wife, Marta Cavallo, in Montreal, Canada, from 1966 until his death.
According to James Alcock's review of Bunge's memoirs, what characteristic did Bunge notably exhibit?
Answer: Impatience with unclear or muddled thinking
James Alcock characterized Bunge as notably impatient with unclear or muddled thinking, guided by strong principles.
When did Mario Bunge pass away?
Answer: February 24, 2020
Mario Bunge died in Montreal, Canada, on February 24, 2020, at the age of 100.
Mario Bunge earned his PhD in philosophy from McGill University.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge earned his PhD in physico-mathematical sciences from the National University of La Plata in Argentina, not McGill University.
Before moving to Canada, Mario Bunge held professorships in theoretical physics and philosophy at Argentine universities.
Answer: True
From 1956 to 1966, Mario Bunge served as a professor of theoretical physics and philosophy at Argentine universities before moving to Canada.
At the 1956 Inter-American Philosophical Congress, Mario Bunge was recognized by Willard Van Orman Quine as 'the star of the congress'.
Answer: True
Willard Van Orman Quine notably referred to Mario Bunge as 'the star of the congress' at the 1956 Inter-American Philosophical Congress in Santiago, Chile.
Mario Bunge retired from his position as Frothingham Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University at the age of 70.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge retired from his position as Frothingham Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University at the age of 90, not 70.
From which institution did Mario Bunge earn his PhD in physico-mathematical sciences in 1952?
Answer: National University of La Plata
Mario Bunge earned a PhD in physico-mathematical sciences in 1952 from the National University of La Plata in Argentina.
Who referred to Mario Bunge as 'the star of the congress' at the 1956 Inter-American Philosophical Congress?
Answer: Willard Van Orman Quine
Willard Van Orman Quine notably referred to Mario Bunge as 'the star of the congress' at the 1956 Inter-American Philosophical Congress.
What was Mario Bunge's long-standing academic position at McGill University?
Answer: Frothingham Professor of Logic and Metaphysics
Mario Bunge held the position of Frothingham Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University from 1966 until his retirement.
Mario Bunge's philosophical approach was characterized by a blend of scientific realism, systemism, and emergentism, forming the foundation of his understanding of reality.
Answer: True
The source states that Mario Bunge's philosophical writings were characterized by a combination of scientific realism, systemism, materialism, and emergentism, which formed the bedrock of his approach to understanding reality and knowledge.
What philosophical concept was NOT a key principle characterizing Mario Bunge's writings?
Answer: Existentialism
Mario Bunge's philosophical writings were characterized by scientific realism, systemism, materialism, and emergentism. He was a vocal critic of existentialist philosophy.
Which of the following philosophical tenets was NOT a foundation of Mario Bunge's work?
Answer: Existentialism
Mario Bunge's work was founded on global systemism, emergentism, rationalism, scientific realism, materialism, and consequentialism. He was a vocal critic of existentialist philosophy.
Mario Bunge was a proponent of postmodernism, believing it offered a rigorous framework for scientific inquiry.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge was a vocal critic of postmodernism, believing it lacked the rigor necessary for scientific inquiry, and instead advocated for 'exact philosophy'.
Mario Bunge was widely recognized for his strong criticisms against pseudoscience.
Answer: True
Mario Bunge was popularly known for his strong opinions and criticisms against pseudoscience, and he authored several articles on the topic in the 1980s.
Mario Bunge explicitly identified himself as a logical positivist due to his emphasis on science.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge repeatedly and explicitly denied being a logical positivist, despite sometimes being mistaken for one due to his emphasis on science.
Mario Bunge classified psychoanalysis as a pseudoscience.
Answer: True
Mario Bunge was popularly known for his remarks classifying psychoanalysis as an example of pseudoscience, arguing it lacked empirical support.
Mario Bunge was a strong admirer of Karl Popper's critical rationalism and adopted it fully.
Answer: False
While Bunge appreciated some aspects of Popper's critical rationalism, he ultimately found it insufficient as a comprehensive philosophy of science and developed his own scientific realism as an alternative.
What specific intellectual stance was Mario Bunge popularly known for advocating?
Answer: Criticisms against pseudoscience
Mario Bunge was popularly known for his strong opinions and criticisms against pseudoscience, which he defined as beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method.
Despite sometimes being mistaken for one, Mario Bunge explicitly denied being a proponent of which philosophical movement?
Answer: Logical positivism
Mario Bunge repeatedly and explicitly denied being a logical positivist, despite his emphasis on science.
What was Mario Bunge's well-known view regarding psychoanalysis?
Answer: He classified it as an example of pseudoscience.
Mario Bunge was popularly known for classifying psychoanalysis as an example of pseudoscience, arguing that it lacked empirical support and scientific methodology.
What was Mario Bunge's ultimate assessment of Karl Popper's critical rationalism?
Answer: He found it insufficient as a comprehensive philosophy of science.
Mario Bunge ultimately found Karl Popper's critical rationalism insufficient as a comprehensive philosophy of science, leading him to formulate his own distinct account of scientific realism.
Which of these scientists/philosophers was NOT criticized by Mario Bunge?
Answer: Augusto Bunge
Mario Bunge explicitly acknowledged his father, Augusto Bunge, as a direct influence. He was critical of Karl Popper, Richard Dawkins, and Stephen Jay Gould.
Mario Bunge proposed a three-stage model for the maturation of science.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge proposed a five-stage model for the maturation of science, ranging from 'prescience' to 'tetartoscience'.
John R. Wettersen categorized Mario Bunge's theory of science as a version of critical rationalism.
Answer: True
John R. Wettersen, interpreting 'critical rationalism' broadly, described Mario Bunge's theory of science as a version of critical rationalism.
Mario Bunge advocated for individualism as the primary approach to studying societies in the social sciences.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge advocated for systemism as an approach to studying societies, presenting it as an alternative to both holism and individualism.
'Mechanismic explanations' were defined by Bunge as processes within a concrete system that can cause or prevent change.
Answer: True
Mario Bunge defined 'mechanismic explanations' as processes occurring within a concrete system that are capable of causing or preventing some change in the system as a whole or in its constituent subsystems.
How did John R. Wettersen categorize Mario Bunge's theory of science?
Answer: As a version of critical rationalism
John R. Wettersen, interpreting 'critical rationalism' broadly, described Mario Bunge's theory of science as a version of critical rationalism.
What approach did Mario Bunge advocate for the study of societies, presenting it as an alternative to both holism and individualism?
Answer: Systemism
Mario Bunge advocated for systemism as an approach to studying societies, presenting it as an alternative to both holism and individualism.
Mario Bunge authored fewer than 50 books throughout his career.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge was a highly prolific intellectual, having authored more than 80 books throughout his career.
The *Treatise on Basic Philosophy* is considered Mario Bunge's most significant philosophical work.
Answer: True
The monumental *Treatise on Basic Philosophy*, an eight-volume series, is considered Mario Bunge's most significant philosophical work.
The *Treatise on Basic Philosophy* focused exclusively on epistemology and ethics.
Answer: False
The *Treatise on Basic Philosophy* covered a comprehensive range of philosophical areas, including semantics, ontology, epistemology, philosophy of science, and ethics, not exclusively epistemology and ethics.
Mario Bunge dedicated volumes 3 and 4 of his *Treatise on Basic Philosophy* to the subject of metaphysics.
Answer: True
Mario Bunge notably dedicated volumes 3 and 4 of his *Treatise on Basic Philosophy* to the subject of metaphysics, which explores the fundamental nature of reality.
Mario Bunge's book *Finding Philosophy in Social Science* was published in 1986.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge's book *Finding Philosophy in Social Science* was published in 1996, not 1986.
Mario Bunge's first major publication, *Causality: The Place of the Causal Principle in Modern Science*, was released in 1969.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge's first major publication, *Causality: The Place of the Causal Principle in Modern Science*, was released in 1959, not 1969.
The book *Intuition and Science*, published in 1962, explored the concept of intuition in scientific thought.
Answer: True
Mario Bunge's 1962 book, *Intuition and Science*, specifically delves into the role and nature of intuition in scientific thought.
Mario Bunge's 1967 two-volume work on scientific research was titled *The Search for Knowledge*.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge's 1967 two-volume work on scientific research was titled *Scientific Research: Strategy and Philosophy*, with volumes *The Search for System* and *The Search for Truth*.
Mario Bunge's memoirs, *Between Two Worlds: Memoirs of a Philosopher-Scientist*, were published in 2016.
Answer: True
Mario Bunge's memoirs, titled *Between Two Worlds: Memoirs of a Philosopher-Scientist*, were indeed published in 2016.
What was the approximate number of books Mario Bunge authored throughout his career?
Answer: More than 80 books
Mario Bunge was a highly prolific intellectual, having authored more than 80 books throughout his career.
Which of the following is considered Mario Bunge's most significant philosophical work?
Answer: *Treatise on Basic Philosophy*
The monumental *Treatise on Basic Philosophy*, an eight-volume series published between 1974 and 1989, is considered Mario Bunge's most significant philosophical work.
Which of these core philosophical areas was NOT addressed in Bunge's *Treatise on Basic Philosophy*?
Answer: Aesthetics
The *Treatise on Basic Philosophy* covered semantics, ontology, epistemology, philosophy of science, and ethics. Aesthetics was not explicitly listed as a core area addressed.
Which volumes of Mario Bunge's *Treatise on Basic Philosophy* were dedicated to metaphysics?
Answer: Volumes 3 and 4
Mario Bunge dedicated volumes 3 and 4 of his *Treatise on Basic Philosophy* to the subject of metaphysics.
Which of the following books was written by Mario Bunge and focused entirely on the social sciences?
Answer: *Finding Philosophy in Social Science*
Mario Bunge wrote *Finding Philosophy in Social Science* (1996) and *Social Science under Debate: A Philosophical Perspective* (1998), both dedicated to the social sciences.
What was the title of Mario Bunge's first major publication in 1959?
Answer: *Causality: The Place of the Causal Principle in Modern Science*
Mario Bunge's first major publication in 1959 was titled *Causality: The Place of the Causal Principle in Modern Science*.
The two-volume work *Scientific Research: Strategy and Philosophy*, released in 1967, included which two specific volumes?
Answer: *The Search for System* and *The Search for Truth*
Mario Bunge's 1967 two-volume work, *Scientific Research: Strategy and Philosophy*, consisted of Volume 1, *The Search for System*, and Volume 2, *The Search for Truth*.
What was the subject of Mario Bunge's 1980 book?
Answer: The mind-body problem
Mario Bunge's 1980 book was titled *The Mind-Body Problem*, addressing the philosophical question concerning the relationship between consciousness and the brain.
What is the title of Mario Bunge's 2016 memoirs?
Answer: *Between Two Worlds: Memoirs of a Philosopher-Scientist*
Mario Bunge's memoirs, published in 2016, are titled *Between Two Worlds: Memoirs of a Philosopher-Scientist*.
What is the correct title for Volume IV of Mario Bunge's *Treatise on Basic Philosophy*?
Answer: *Ontology II: A World of Systems*
Volume IV of Mario Bunge's *Treatise on Basic Philosophy* is titled *Ontology II: A World of Systems*.
What was the title of Mario Bunge's 1996 book that explored the intersection of philosophy and social science?
Answer: *Finding Philosophy in Social Science*
In 1996, Mario Bunge published *Finding Philosophy in Social Science*, a work dedicated to examining philosophical concepts within the realm of social scientific inquiry.
A Festschrift was published in 2019 to commemorate Mario Bunge's 100th birthday.
Answer: True
A Festschrift, a collection of essays by international scholars, was published in September 2019 to mark Mario Bunge's 100th birthday.
Mario Bunge received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1981.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1971, not 1981.
The Premio Príncipe de Asturias for Communication and Humanities was awarded to Mario Bunge in 1982.
Answer: True
Mario Bunge was the recipient of the Premio Príncipe de Asturias for Communication and Humanities in 1982.
Mario Bunge was honored as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1994.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge was honored as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1984, not 1994.
Mario Bunge received the Ludwig von Bertalanffy Award in Complexity Thinking in 2014.
Answer: True
Mario Bunge received the Ludwig von Bertalanffy Award in Complexity Thinking in 2014, recognizing his contributions to systems theory.
Mario Bunge was featured in the 'Science Hall of Fame' by the journal *Nature* in 2011.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge was featured in the 'Science Hall of Fame' by the journal *Science* in 2011, not *Nature*.
When was Mario Bunge awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship?
Answer: 1971
Mario Bunge was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1971.
In what year did Mario Bunge receive the Premio Príncipe de Asturias for Communication and Humanities?
Answer: 1982
Mario Bunge received the Premio Príncipe de Asturias for Communication and Humanities in 1982.
Mario Bunge was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in which year?
Answer: 1984
Mario Bunge was honored as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1984.
What Canadian academic honor did Mario Bunge receive in 1992?
Answer: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
In 1992, Mario Bunge was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scholars, artists, and scientists.
Which journal featured Mario Bunge in its 'Science Hall of Fame' in 2011?
Answer: *Science*
In 2011, Mario Bunge was featured in the 'Science Hall of Fame' by the prestigious journal *Science*.
What was the highest number of honorary doctorates Mario Bunge received?
Answer: Twenty-one
Mario Bunge was distinguished with twenty-one honorary doctorates from universities across the Americas and Europe.
In what year was the Ludwig von Bertalanffy Award in Complexity Thinking bestowed upon Mario Bunge?
Answer: 2014
Mario Bunge received the Ludwig von Bertalanffy Award in Complexity Thinking in 2014.
Mario Bunge identified his political views as those of a right-wing conservative.
Answer: False
Mario Bunge defined himself as a left-wing liberal and a democratic socialist, aligning with the traditions of John Stuart Mill and José Ingenieros.
Mario Bunge supported the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly.
Answer: True
Mario Bunge was a supporter of the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, which advocates for democratic reforms within the UN.
One of Mario Bunge's acknowledged influences was the American philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine.
Answer: False
While Willard Van Orman Quine recognized Bunge's talent, Bunge did not explicitly acknowledge Quine as a direct influence on his thought. His acknowledged influences included his father, Guido Beck, and Émile Meyerson, among others.
How did Mario Bunge define his political views?
Answer: Left-wing liberal and democratic socialist
Mario Bunge defined himself as a left-wing liberal and a democratic socialist, aligning with the traditions of influential thinkers such as John Stuart Mill and José Ingenieros.
Which of the following thinkers was NOT explicitly acknowledged by Mario Bunge as a direct influence on his thought?
Answer: Willard Van Orman Quine
While Willard Van Orman Quine recognized Bunge's talent, Bunge did not explicitly acknowledge Quine as a direct influence on his thought. His father, Robert King Merton, and Émile Meyerson were among his acknowledged influences.